Posted on 04/11/2005 5:25:04 PM PDT by fight_truth_decay
Analysis of the latest Census data indicates Texas’s illegal immigrant population is costing the state’s taxpayers more than $4.7 billion per year for education, medical care and incarceration. Even if the estimated tax contributions of illegal immigrant workers are subtracted, net outlays still amount to more than $3.7 billion per year. The annual fiscal burden amounts to about $725 per Texas household headed by a native-born resident.
This analysis looks specifically at the costs to the state for education, health care and incarceration resulting from illegal immigration. These three are the largest cost areas, and they are the same three areas analyzed in a 1994 study conducted by the Urban Institute, which provides a useful baseline for comparison ten years later. Other studies have been conducted in the interim, showing trends that support the conclusions of this report.
Other significant costs associated with illegal immigration exist, and these too should be taken into account by federal and state officials. Even without accounting for all of the numerous areas in which costs associated with illegal immigration are being incurred by Texas taxpayers, the program areas analyzed in this study indicate that the burden is substantial and that the costs are rapidly increasing.
The more than $4.7 billion in costs incurred by Texas taxpayers annually result from outlays in the following areas:
Education. Based on estimates of the illegal immigrant population in Texas and documented costs of K-12 schooling, Texans spend more than $4 billion annually on education for illegal immigrant children and for their U.S.-born siblings. About 11.9 percent of the K-12 public school students in Texas are children of illegal aliens.
Health Care. Taxpayer-funded medical outlays for health care provided to the state’s illegal alien population amount to about $520 million a year.
Incarceration. The uncompensated cost of incarcerating illegal aliens in Texas’s state and county prisons amounts to about $150 million a year (not including local jail detention costs or related law enforcement and judicial expenditures or the monetary costs of the crimes that led to their incarceration). State and local taxes paid by the unauthorized immigrant population go toward offsetting these costs, but they do not come near to matching the expenses. The total of such payments can generously be estimated at slightly less than $1 billion per year.
The fiscal costs of illegal immigration do not end with these three major cost areas. The total costs of illegal immigration to the state’s taxpayers would be considerably higher if other cost areas such as special English instruction, welfare programs used by the U.S.-born children of illegal aliens, or welfare benefits for American workers displaced by illegal alien workers were also calculated.
While the primary responsibility for combating illegal immigration rests with the federal government, there are many measures that state and local governments can take to combat the problem. Texans should not be expected to assume this already large and growing burden from illegal immigration simply because local businesses or other special interests benefit from being able to employ lower cost workers. The state could adopt measures to systematically collect information on illegal alien use of taxpayer-funded services and on where they are employed. Policies could then be pursued to hold employers financially accountable.
The state could also enter into a cooperative agreement with the federal government for training local law enforcement personnel in immigration law so illegal immigrants apprehended for breaking the law can be expeditiously turned over to the immigration authorities for removal from the country. Similarly, local officials who have adopted “sanctuary” measures that shield illegal aliens from being reported to the immigration authorities should be urged to repeal them.
Texas has also voluntarily adopted policies that add to the cost burdens of illegal immigration. While all states are compelled under a 1982 U.S. Supreme Court decision to provide a free K-12 education to all children, irrespective of their immigration status, they are under no obligation to subsidize education beyond that point. Nevertheless, the Texas legislature and Governor Perry have decided to grant in-state tuition benefits at public colleges and universities to illegal aliens.
It is unreasonable for a state to expect federal assistance to compensate for the fiscal burden of illegal immigration if it is pursuing policies that encourage illegal aliens to come and remain in the state.
The full report is available in html and pdf
April 2005
It doesn't matter the leanings of the particular judge, it WILL be found unconstitutional. The proposal is not consistent with the supreme law of the country. Nothing more, nothing less.
So all 6 billion people on the planet can sneak across the borders and live here illegally, and that is adhering to your brand of "Conservatism"?
Nice to know you have such a liberal interpretation of what is conservative.
After my reply my brain kicked in and realized that. "Threaten" threw me.."Senators threaten------>"
Sure. And if they have the cash, they can each own a 1100 sq ft house and all fit within the state of Texas.
Actually your finally correct...... one out of a zillion posts ain't bad disruptor.
"I" do have all the constitutional rights afforded anyone else in the USA.
Why don't you pick yer own damn crops and quit selling out your country for a dollar ? Quit hustling what you call migrant workers you use as slave labor , ya house the people in structures not fit for cattle and then threaten em with La Migra if they get hurt or ill or lord forbid they wonder why ya didn't pay em a fair wage for a fair days work ?
But then your kind get over all of that by calling everyone else a racist and against legal immigration. Call it what ya want , your agenda is known .......
That could be called A conservative approach. Libertarian more specifically, and even all libertarians dont agree on that. Me I like having a sovereign country, but thats just me. Any comments on your immigration status?
Why is that relevant?
Being wrong and being a racist can be two seperate offenses.
Because Im trying to understand your position on this issue and certain language youve used suggests that youre an immigrant of some sort. You can choose to answer or not answer. Either choice will be very telling.
Ok, Amigo :)
So all 6 billion people on the planet can sneak across the borders and live here illegally ...?
Sure.
So what have we learned here.
1.) That you are all too happy when courts overrule the will of the people (voters).
2.)That you would be fine with 6 billion illegal aliens living in the US.
I know now who you are. You are Fidel Castro.
I dont think Clintonbegone is a disruptor. Intellectually dishonest sometimes? maybe. Passive agressively insulting? yeah. But besides that the absurd decenting opinion is passionately and for the most part reasonably. This thread aside. Oh and I suspect there are a few racists posting on this board though I suspect the number is as small as the open borders folks.
slippery lol Heard loud and clear.
I didn't say I was happy. It's like watching the Yankees in the world series. Doesn't matter what side you're on, you just know they're going to win.
" Some people are fighting the wrong battle here. Eliminate the welfare state and a huge percentage of your illegal alien problem goes away." -- Jim Robinson
You want a check? You pick from a local list of available of jobs. You show up everyday on time. You get a paycheck from the employer..you get an additional check from Welfare til you're on your feet again. You don't show up, you fall short..the next job we put you in will make the first job look like an executive management position. You will have a job, unless in extreme cases it is medically impossible.
Actually, speaking of Castro, wasn't it you that was OK with Reno kidnapping Elian Gonzolaz and sending him back to Daddy Fidel?
I have made no comments at all regarding Ms. Waco's actions in kidnapping a child at gunpoint to return him to a communist dictatorship.
" Some people are fighting the wrong battle here. Eliminate the welfare state and a huge percentage of your illegal alien problem goes away." -- Jim Robinson
The problem with that statement is that before conservatism would ever have enough clout in this country to eliminate the welfare state the massive influx of citizens from the left wing south would move politics far enough to the left in this country to make that elimination forever impossible.
So, based on the Equal Protection Clause, since American citizens can't be deported, does that mean that we can't deport illegal aliens?
So, based on the Equal Protection Clause, since American citizens can't be deported, does that mean that we can't deport illegal aliens?
Dont give Clintonbegone any ideas.
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